I have a registered 3.6.1.0 but the 12 months of upgrades began in 02-2017.

And I have some writing projects coming up, A research book on how Codex Sinaiticus is only 180 years old, not 1670, and some others.And I think the choice comes down to Rightnote, Scrivener, or both. (Comments from others?)

They are very different programs, with different features.If you already use Rightnote, you will know what it can do and how much of your writing you can do using it. If that's enough I would go with that. And if you like it sufficiently, then you might like a Lifetime Pro licence with the 50% discount to save you being in this position again.

And if you find it isn't sufficient to take you right through the process, then you can consider Scrivener (or other programs). You will then know exactly what it is that you need them to do. And Scrivener's v3 might be complete.

Alternatively, if you know you need the corkboard, then you won't find an equivalent in Rightnote and Scrivener (or alternative) is the way to go. But you would know that already.

You would have to have a way to create a contact note structure. And an event or call log structure.

Within Rightnote.And link the two together.

Airtable does this easily with its online database/spreadsheet metaphor, so that is my current try (2500 records free.)

With Windows programs, of course the Filemaker and Alpha 5 type of program does this. Maybe GS-Base on the simpler end, I have not tried its internal linking yet. It does do well with an extended/large note fields within the single database.

I don't know if any of the RightNote, Mybase types of programs can do this.